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Archbishop of Dublin reaffirms statement on sex abuse crisis made in Milwaukee on “60 minutes” this Sunday
March 2, 2012
Archbishop of Dublin reaffirms statement on sex abuse crisis made in Milwaukee on “60 Minutes” this Sunday
It’s “not over” says reform Prelate at center of worldwide scandal
Statement by John Pilmaier, SNAP Wisconsin Director
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In a feature story appearing on the CBS news program “60 minutes” scheduled to air this Sunday, March 4th , the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin–the leading church reformer on the issue of clerical abuse and whose diocese is at the center of the worldwide scandal–will explain why he believes the child sexual assault crisis in the Catholic Church “isn’t over”.
Martin, who addressed an international conference on clergy sexual abuse in April at Marquette University will openly confront the publicly espoused views of many bishops, including Milwaukee’s Jerome Listecki, that it is time to “move on” from reports that thousands of children were raped and sexually assaulted while in the church’s care.
Listecki is currently at the center of the largest church bankruptcy resulting from sex abuse crimes of any organization in history. Last month, over 570 victims filed claims detailing at least 8,000 acts of criminal abuse spanning several decades by dozens of previously unnamed clerics. While most of the recorded crimes likely took place from the 1970’s into the 1990’s, most of these clerics have never faced justice, and their current status is unknown.
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